Edited by Peter Lund-Thomsen, Professor of Global Value Chains and Corporate Responsibility, Center for Business and Development Studies, Department of Management, Communication and Society, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

‘This book provides critical insights into garment global value chains and climate change. It examines how mitigation and adaptation strategies are shaped by buyer-supplier power imbalances, with trade-offs between economic, environmental and social upgrading. Vulnerable suppliers and workers often experiencing more adverse impacts. This is essential reading for all striving for climate justice in the global South.’

• ContentsPreface xvi1 Introduction to the intersection of climate change and garment GVCs 1Peter Lund-ThomsenPART I Theoretical and conceptual foundations2 Conceptualizing global value chain governance in the era of climate change 18Peter Lund-Thomsen3 Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia 33Samantha Sharpe, Elsa Dominish and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez4 Global value chains and climate change governance: garment producers’ futures 59Rachel Alexander and Mohammad Harunur Rashid BhuyanPART II Experiences of climate change in production countries5 The impact of temperature on productivity and labour supply: evidence from Indian manufacturing 85E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan and Meenu TewariPART III Local solutions to global climate challenges6 Global recycling networks in the context of climate change: ecologically unequal exchange and divergent governance paths 142Peter Lund-Thomsen, Uzma Rehman and Gary Gereffi PART IV Looking towards the future 7 Garment and textile recycling in Bangladesh 172 Rumi Akter and Rachel Alexander 8 Climate change and slow fashion in Bangladesh 198 Sabrina Nourin, Muntaqa N. B. Hakim, Afshana Choudhury, Rachel Alexander and Peter Lund-Thomsen 9 Global value chains and climate change: findings, research and policy implications 213 Peter Lund-Thomsen

Edited by Peter Lund-Thomsen, Professor of Global Value Chains and Corporate Responsibility, Center for Business and Development Studies, Department of Management, Communication and Society, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

‘This book provides critical insights into garment global value chains and climate change. It examines how mitigation and adaptation strategies are shaped by buyer-supplier power imbalances, with trade-offs between economic, environmental and social upgrading. Vulnerable suppliers and workers often experiencing more adverse impacts. This is essential reading for all striving for climate justice in the global South.’

• ContentsPreface xvi1 Introduction to the intersection of climate change and garment GVCs 1Peter Lund-ThomsenPART I Theoretical and conceptual foundations2 Conceptualizing global value chain governance in the era of climate change 18Peter Lund-Thomsen3 Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia 33Samantha Sharpe, Elsa Dominish and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez4 Global value chains and climate change governance: garment producers’ futures 59Rachel Alexander and Mohammad Harunur Rashid BhuyanPART II Experiences of climate change in production countries5 The impact of temperature on productivity and labour supply: evidence from Indian manufacturing 85E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan and Meenu TewariPART III Local solutions to global climate challenges6 Global recycling networks in the context of climate change: ecologically unequal exchange and divergent governance paths 142Peter Lund-Thomsen, Uzma Rehman and Gary Gereffi PART IV Looking towards the future 7 Garment and textile recycling in Bangladesh 172 Rumi Akter and Rachel Alexander 8 Climate change and slow fashion in Bangladesh 198 Sabrina Nourin, Muntaqa N. B. Hakim, Afshana Choudhury, Rachel Alexander and Peter Lund-Thomsen 9 Global value chains and climate change: findings, research and policy implications 213 Peter Lund-Thomsen

Edited by Peter Lund-Thomsen, Professor of Global Value Chains and Corporate Responsibility, Center for Business and Development Studies, Department of Management, Communication and Society, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

‘This book provides critical insights into garment global value chains and climate change. It examines how mitigation and adaptation strategies are shaped by buyer-supplier power imbalances, with trade-offs between economic, environmental and social upgrading. Vulnerable suppliers and workers often experiencing more adverse impacts. This is essential reading for all striving for climate justice in the global South.’

• ContentsPreface xvi1 Introduction to the intersection of climate change and garment GVCs 1Peter Lund-ThomsenPART I Theoretical and conceptual foundations2 Conceptualizing global value chain governance in the era of climate change 18Peter Lund-Thomsen3 Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia 33Samantha Sharpe, Elsa Dominish and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez4 Global value chains and climate change governance: garment producers’ futures 59Rachel Alexander and Mohammad Harunur Rashid BhuyanPART II Experiences of climate change in production countries5 The impact of temperature on productivity and labour supply: evidence from Indian manufacturing 85E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan and Meenu TewariPART III Local solutions to global climate challenges6 Global recycling networks in the context of climate change: ecologically unequal exchange and divergent governance paths 142Peter Lund-Thomsen, Uzma Rehman and Gary Gereffi PART IV Looking towards the future 7 Garment and textile recycling in Bangladesh 172 Rumi Akter and Rachel Alexander 8 Climate change and slow fashion in Bangladesh 198 Sabrina Nourin, Muntaqa N. B. Hakim, Afshana Choudhury, Rachel Alexander and Peter Lund-Thomsen 9 Global value chains and climate change: findings, research and policy implications 213 Peter Lund-Thomsen